Proverbs 18:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְֽ֭תַאֲוָה יְבַקֵּ֣שׁ נִפְרָ֑ד בְּכָל־תּ֝וּשִׁיָּ֗ה יִתְגַּלָּֽע׃

Transliteration

For taʾăwāh yəbaqqēš niprād in-all tûšiyyāh yiṯgallāʿ

Grammar Details

• *taʾăwāh*: noun, feminine, singular - desire/craving
• *yəbaqqēš*: verb, piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - seeks/pursues
• *niprād*: verb, niphal participle, masculine singular - one who separates himself/isolates
• *tûšiyyāh*: noun, feminine singular - wisdom/success/sound judgment
• *yiṯgallāʿ*: verb, hithpael imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - breaks out/meddles/quarrels

Word Meanings

• *taʾăwāh*: desire/craving/lust/appetite
• *niprād*: one separated/isolated/alienated
• *tûšiyyāh*: sound wisdom/effective wisdom/success/counsel
• *yiṯgallāʿ*: breaks forth/bursts out/exposes himself/quarrels/defies

Referenced Verses

• Prov 2:1-6 : 1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; 2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; 3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; 4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. 6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
• Prov 20:3 : 3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
• Eph 5:15-17 : 15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, 16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
• Jude 1:19 : 19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
• Prov 14:10 : 10 The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
• Prov 20:19 : 19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
• Prov 24:21 : 21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
• Prov 26:17 : 17 He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
• Jer 15:17 : 17 I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
• Zech 7:3 : 3 And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?
• Matt 13:11 : 11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
• Mark 1:35 : 35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
• Mark 4:11 : 11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
• Rom 1:1 : 1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
• 2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
• Prov 17:14 : 14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
• Exod 33:16 : 16 For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.
• Isa 26:8-9 : 8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee. 9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.